What is recorded here

St Peters Well stood on the west side of a farm laneway in County Meath, offering a cure for headaches before people filled it around 1995. The 1836 map showed a well there, while the 1912 map named it St Peter’s Well, suggesting the place kept its identity even when its shape faded from memory. It is gone now, but the lane may still carry the ghost of water, pressure behind the temples, and the small mercy of drinking from a hole in the earth.

A well is depicted on the W side of a farm laneway on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map but it is described as St Peter’s Well in italic script only on the 1912 edition. The well is said to have had a cure for headaches (IFC, vol. 698, 39). No trace of the well is extant as it was filled in c. 1995 (Kelly 2003, 72). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 July 2019

St Peter’s Well in Peterstown is traditionally associated with St Peter and was believed to offer a cure for headaches. The well’s religious significance and healing properties were noted in local folklore, with its name first appearing in italic script on the 1912 Ordnance Survey map, suggesting a later recognition of its sacred status.

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